Move aside Pluto: scientists find another possible dwarf planet in our solar system

File photo: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto. (NASA New Horizons via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

Move aside, Pluto, scientists have identified another possible dwarf planet in our solar system.

Move aside Pluto: scientists find another possible dwarf planet in our solar system

A view of the Solar System showing the orbital pathway of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138). (NSF–DOE Rubin / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA via SWNS)
Move aside Pluto: scientists find another possible dwarf planet in our solar system

A mosaic of images captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory of the newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138). ED138 was discovered in observational data from Rubin spanning 4 March–11 July 2026. (NSF–DOE Rubin / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA via SWNS)
Move aside Pluto: scientists find another possible dwarf planet in our solar system

LSST Camera Deputy Project Manager Travis Lange shines a flashlight into the LSST Camera at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California before it moved to Chile. (J. Ramseyer Orrell / SLAC NAL via SWNS)

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